- Career exploration support
- Self esteem focus
- Practical skill building
About Kristen
Kristen Kasperek is a licensed counselor practicing in Illinois. She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and brings 14 years of client-facing experience. Kristen focuses on helping people regain confidence and find clearer direction in work and life.
She draws on a background in community counseling with a specific focus on mental illness and career counseling. Kristen has worked across individual and group settings and has experience with mood disorders, anxiety, trauma-related concerns, and grief. She often supports people struggling with self-esteem, self-worth, relationship strain, and career confusion.
In sessions she aims for a relaxed, non-threatening tone. Kristen works with clients to take a first step and then build practical strategies to move forward. She uses tools like career inventories when helpful to explore interests and next steps for education and employment.
Her work includes helping people with practical career tasks such as resume and cover letter development, interview prep, and negotiation tactics. She also integrates attention to attachment, body image, codependency, and other relationship patterns that affect daily life.
Clients can expect individualized plans that combine skills practice and problem-solving. Kristen supports people through transitions, coping with mood and anxiety symptoms, and rebuilding self-esteem. She encourages realistic steps toward meaningful change and helps translate insight into action.
She draws on a background in community counseling with a specific focus on mental illness and career counseling. Kristen has worked across individual and group settings and has experience with mood disorders, anxiety, trauma-related concerns, and grief. She often supports people struggling with self-esteem, self-worth, relationship strain, and career confusion.
In sessions she aims for a relaxed, non-threatening tone. Kristen works with clients to take a first step and then build practical strategies to move forward. She uses tools like career inventories when helpful to explore interests and next steps for education and employment.
Her work includes helping people with practical career tasks such as resume and cover letter development, interview prep, and negotiation tactics. She also integrates attention to attachment, body image, codependency, and other relationship patterns that affect daily life.
Clients can expect individualized plans that combine skills practice and problem-solving. Kristen supports people through transitions, coping with mood and anxiety symptoms, and rebuilding self-esteem. She encourages realistic steps toward meaningful change and helps translate insight into action.